I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Why a hotter Mediterranean is a problem for sailors - on.ft.com/46AyTTE via @FT. And we've experienced these kind of very sudden, short storms ourselves in the Adriatic. They can be shockingly violent:

The far right is on the rise in France, as in the US, the UK, Germany and even Japan, and no one on the left seems to know what to do. They should start by trying to understand why politicians like Le Pen, Trump and Farage are genuinely popular. My review of two books in the FT. on.ft.com/4nbSz6T

Powerful BBC interview on Gaza with boss of Save the Children UK. Israel's impunity over its conduct of the war will have terrible consequences in future conflicts. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Stop the famine. Now. youtu.be/qjVOnrnFxHo?...

Israel, which does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza…has killed 237 journalists since the war started, according to Gaza’s government media office. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict. apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...

Does Trump get what Alaska means to Putin and Russia? We once knew a Russian gardener outraged that the US bought it for $7mn in 1867. (He also hated plants, but that's another story). Trump to meet Putin in Alaska as he signals Ukraine may need to cede land - on.ft.com/4otZj1o via @FT

There were more partitions than the world remembers: Shattered Lands — the break-up of British India and dangers of nationalist mythmaking - on.ft.com/3UK3acT via @FT

A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

Waves of Russian drones and missiles hit Kyiv overnight into Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens, in an attack that came days after Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Moscow and narrowed the window for agreeing to a ceasefire. www.ft.com/content/ccdf...

'Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government.' FT editorial: The world is failing the Palestinian people - on.ft.com/4fcuPgh via @FT

A religious leader really should be able to state the obvious:

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The most important story in the world right now.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will urge European partners to help fund higher wages for his soldiers fighting Russia’s invasion, in a renewed effort to bolster military recruitment amid growing fatigue in the war-torn country. www.ft.com/content/5483...

Awful. Awful. Awful.

Great piece from Genevieve Mallet on the environmental dilemmas of AI data centres: dialogue.earth/en/energy/ca...

Absolute hell on earth happening on the shores of the Mediterranean this summer, perpetuated by our supposed ally www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Russia has been unable to win so far, despite having a population almost four times as big as that of Ukraine and a GDP (at purchasing power parity) more than 10 times as large.” on.ft.com/451p4x4

Dear fossil fuels, the writing is on the wall: you are too dirty and much too expensive. Fossil fuels ‘running out of road’ as clean energy catches up, says UN chief - on.ft.com/416rrgQ via @FT

War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’ - on.ft.com/44H3tv7 via @FT

Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ - on.ft.com/4llDBdW via @FT

Turtles all the way down.

The art of headline writing is not quite dead. This is from The Economist: Linda Yaccarino goes from X CEO to ex-CEO

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X - (but is criticised by Trump and Musk supporters when it tells the truth about Texas floods) on.ft.com/4kwBtyV via @FT

BCG modelled plan to ‘relocate’ Palestinians from Gaza - on.ft.com/4eC1eML via @FT

Hong Kong’s last functioning pro-democracy party disbands www.economist.com/china/2025/0... From The Economist

Appropriate names dept: “It’s like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut,” says Tim Squirrell, a counter-terrorism expert - Britain's draconian approach to pro-Gaza activism is likely to backfire www.economist.com/britain/2025... From The Economist

Hummingbird hawkmoth on lavender, Kent, today

Peacock on yew, Kent, today

Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time - on.ft.com/44BeSeD via @FT

Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Mares' tails. Weather coming in a few days.

NEW: The incredible shrinking fish: Baltic cod evolve to dodge nets Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research Register here to read some @financialtimes.com articles free: www.ft.com/register www.ft.com/content/5bf6...

It’s a big day today for global health as the Gavi vaccine alliance that has helped inoculate more than 1bn children seeks $9bn in the face of steep government international aid cuts. Here’s our free to read story on Bill Gates warning how philanthropy won’t fill the gap. www.ft.com/content/40df...

There are striking parallels with how the far right won over the voters of post-industrial northern France. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/w...

Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

David Fickling: Blaming renewables for Spain's blackouts is like the ancients blaming thunder & lightning on warring gods 😂 "[this] had the virtue of a clear narrative and a ready cast of stock characters…There’s just one problem…It wasn’t true" www.bloomberg.com/op...

A Comma in Kent. When the wings are furled it camouflages itself as an old oak leaf.

Shades of Brexit, after which it dawned on Brexiters that fruit pickers, hospitality workers and hospital staff were often immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

Not many media outlets have reporters in Tehran. At the FT, we do. Here's the latest from my colleague Bita Ghaffari about the mood of fear and defiance in Iran: Israeli attacks revive bitter Iranian memories of 1980s Iraq war - on.ft.com/4nkqbk3 via @FT

The new head of the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) has said the club will "stay the course" under her tenure by supporting journalists and seeking dialogue with governments. In full: buff.ly/BIb87dV

'There are now more soldiers and Marines in Los Angeles than in the war-torn countries of Iraq and Syria.' www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...